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Everton’s expectations were raised last season by Roberto Martínez but, in the
first week of the new campaign, their prospects of challenging for a
top-four place are already appearing precarious. Wednesday or Thursday is
when Everton expect to receive the next set of scans on Ross Barkley’s knee
injury. That is when they will be able to produce a more definitive
diagnosis on just how bad the damage is to him.

Allowing newly promoted Leicester City to recover twice from going behind was
discouraging, but the bigger source of discomfort this week for Martínez,
the Everton manager, should be Barkley’s